Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 10 October 2016
English, Continental, Oriental and Cape Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts
About this Item
A Japanese ivory okimono of a farmer with two small boys, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
the standing figure holding a winnowing basket in both hands assisted by a small boy with another to his left holding a basket of chicks, to an oval base carved with a brush-pan and a coiled rope, the farmer's neck re-glued, signed in a red lacquer reserve, signed in a gourd-shaped reserve, 13cm high; with carved wooden stand
Notes
* This lot is not suitable for export.
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